The Collector’s Edition

~ Release by Vaughan Williams (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: A Sea Symphony
2▶CD: A London Symphony / Symphony No. 8 In D Minor
3▶CD: A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony No. 4 In F Minor
4▶CD: Oboe Concerto In A Minor / Symphony No. 5 In D
5▶CD: Symphony No. 6 In E Minor / Symphony No. 9 In E Minor
6▶CD: Serenade To Music / Partita / Sinfonia Antartica
7▶CD: The Wasps – Aristophanic Suite / Prelude And Fugue In C Minor / Piano Concerto In C
8▶CD: Piano Concerto In C / Job: A Masque For Dancing
9▶CD: Serenade To Music / English Folk Songs – Suite / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia On ‘Greensleeves’ / In The Fen Country / The Lark Ascending – Romance
10▶CD: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis / English Folk Songs – Suite / Concerto Grosso / Romance In D Flat
11▶CD: Serenade To Music Orchestral Version / The Poisoned Kiss – Overture / Old King Cole – A Ballet For Orchestra / Five Mystical Songs (George Herbert) / Prelude On An Old Carol Tune / The Running Set / Prelude: 49th Parallel / Sea Songs – March Orchestral Version
12▶CD: Variations For Orchestra / Two Hymn‐Tune Preludes / Concerto Accademico (Concerto For Violin And Strings In D Minor) / Three Preludes Founded On Welsh Hymn Tunes / String Quartet No. 3 In G Minor
13▶CD: Violin Sonata In A Minor / Phantasy Quintet For Two Violins, Two Violas And Cello / Six Studies In English Folk Song For Cello And Piano / String Quartet No. 2 In A Minor (For Jean On Her Birthday)
14▶CD: Toward The Unknown Region / Dona Nobis Pacem / Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) On The Old 104th Psalm Tune / Magnificat
15▶CD: An Oxford Elegy For Speaker, Small Chorus And Small Orchestra / Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns) / Flos Campi Suite For Solo Viola, Small Chorus And Small Orchestra / Sancta Civitas (The Holy City)
16▶CD: Five Tudor Portraits / Benedicite / Five Variants Of ‘Dives And Lazarus’
17▶CD: Fantasia On Christmas Carols Version With Strings And Organ / Hodie – A Christmas Cantata /
18▶CD: Fantasia On Christmas Carols Version With Full Orchestra / Yorkshire Wassail Song (We’ve Been Awhile A‐Wandering) / In Windsor Forest / Songs Of Travel / On Wenlock Edge
19▶CD: O Clap Your Hands / Mass In G Minor / All People That On Earth Do Dwell / O Taste And See / Te Deum In G / For All The Saints / Three Preludes Founded On Welsh Hymn Tunes / The Truth From Above / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Joseph And Mary / And All In The Morning / Alleluya, Sing To Jesus / Come Down, O Love Divine / All People That On Earth Do Dwell
20▶CD: Four Hymns / Merciless Beauty / The Water Mill / The New Ghost / Ten Blake Songs / On Wenlock Edge
21▶CD: Songs Of Travel
22▼CD: Linden Lea / Joy, Shipmate, Joy! / A Clear Midnight / Orpheus With His Lute / Hands, Eyes And Heart / Rest / The Call / Linden Lea / Folksong Arrangements: Five English Folk Songs / Folksong Arrangements
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1Linden Lea
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Linden Lea
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:53
2Joy, shipmate, joy!
piano:
Craig Rutenberg (pianist, vocal accompanist, coach and teacher)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
recording of:
Joy, shipmate, joy!
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:22
3A Clear Midnight
piano:
Craig Rutenberg (pianist, vocal accompanist, coach and teacher)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
recording of:
A Clear Midnight
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:53
4Orpheus with his lute (first setting)
piano:
Martin Katz (pianist)
countertenor vocals:
David Daniels (American countertenor)
recording of:
Orpheus with his lute (first setting)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:16
5Hands, eyes and heart
piano:
Martin Katz (pianist)
countertenor vocals:
David Daniels (American countertenor)
recording of:
Hands, Eyes and Heart
lyricist:
Ursula Vaughan Williams
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:26
6Rest
vocals:
The King’s Singers
recording of:
Rest
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:00
7Five Mystical Songs: The Call
choir vocals:
Choristers St Paul’s Cathedral (London)
treble vocals:
Philip Martin (chorister)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
John Scott (film composer)
recording of:
Five Mystical Songs: No. 4. The Call
lyricist:
George Herbert (Church poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Five Mystical Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:22
8Linden Lea (choral version)
choir vocals:
Choristers St Paul’s Cathedral (London)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
John Scott (film composer)
recording of:
Linden Lea (arr. Harrison)
orchestrator:
Julius Harrison
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
orchestration of:
Linden Lea
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:07
9Five English Folk Songs: I. The Dark-Eyed Sailor
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: I. The Dark Eyed Sailor
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:15
10Five English Folk Songs: II. The Spring Time of the Year
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: II. The Spring Time of the Year
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:08
11Five English Folk Songs: III. Just as the Tide was Flowing
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: III. Just as the Tide Was Flowing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:16
12Five English Folk Songs: IV. The Lover's Ghost (Well met, my own true love)
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: IV. The Lover’s Ghost
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:09
13Five English Folk Songs: V. Wassail Song
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: V. Wassail Song (Gloucestershire Wassail)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1913)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:41
14Bushes and Briars
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Bushes and Briars
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Essex
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:53
15Loch Lomond
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Loch Lomond (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:42
16John Dory
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
John Dory
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:13
17Greensleeves
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recording of:
Greensleeves
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Jowcol Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:19
18Ward, the Pirate
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Ward, the Pirate (Vaughan Williams arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Norfolk
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:39
19Ca' the Yowes
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Ca’ the Yowes
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1922)
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:12
20The Unquiet Grave
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
How Cold the Wind Doth Blow (for piano, violin and voice, Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
The Unquiet Grave
part of:
Folk Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex"
recording of:
The Unquiet Grave (for choir, Vaughan Williams)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
The Unquiet Grave
part of:
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Autumn
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:45
21The Seeds of Love
baritone vocals:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone vocalist)
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Seeds of Love
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Folk Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex"
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:37
22Early in the Spring
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Spring: I. Early in the Spring
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
Early, Early in the Spring
part of:
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Spring
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:51
23The Turtle Dove
baritone vocals:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Turtle Dove
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
The Turtle Dove (aka Fare Thee Well / Ten Thousand Miles)
part of:
Book I - Folk Songs from Dorset
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:22
24An Acre of Land
choir vocals:
London Madrigal Singers
soprano vocals:
Susan Longfield
conductor:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
An Acre of Land
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1934)
part of:
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Autumn
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:19
25Bushes and Briars (men's voices version)
choir vocals:
Baccholian Singers of London
recording of:
Bushes and Briars
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Essex
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:00
26Five English Folk Songs: V. Wassail Song (men's voices version)
choir vocals:
Baccholian Singers of London
recording of:
5 English Folk Songs: V. Wassail Song (Gloucestershire Wassail)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1913)
part of:
5 English Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:44
23▶CD: Folksong Arrangements: East Anglia – Wessex – Carols – France – Newfoundland / Voice & Violin (Violin & Piano) / A Song Of Thanksgiving
24▶CD: Epithalamion / Riders To The Sea
25▶CD: Hugh The Drover – Act I
26▶CD: Hugh The Drover – Act II
27▶CD: Sir John In Love – Act I, Act II
28▶CD: Sir John In Love – Act III, Act IV
29▶CD: The Pilgrim’s Progress – Act I, II, III
30▶CD: The Pilgrim’s Progress – Act III (contd.) / Sir Adrian In Rehearsal

Credits

Release

chorus master:Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
baritone vocals:William Shimell (baritone)
choir vocals:Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
soprano vocals:Joan Rodgers (soprano)
tenor vocals:Ian Partridge (tenor)
ASIN:UK: B00156ZWV0 [info]